Paul William Brosman

American academic administrator
The basics

Quick Facts

IntroAmerican academic administrator
PlacesUnited States of America
wasScientist Academic Academic administrator
Work fieldEducation Science
Gender
Male
Birth9 November 1899, Albion, USA
Death21 December 1955Washington, D.C., USA (aged 56 years)
Star signScorpio
The details

Biography

Paul William Brosman (November 9, 1899 – December 21, 1955) was the 13th dean of the Tulane University Law School, serving from 1937 to 1951. According to Edward F. Sherman, he "was on the first civilian Court of Military Appeals created by the UCMJ in 1951 and played a role in the 'civilianizing' of military justice procedures." He was born in Albion, Illinois and died in Washington D.C.

He graduated in 1924 from the University of Illinois where he was president of Phi Kappa Tau fraternity. He also attended Indiana University and Yale University. He was an instructor in business law at Indiana University in the 1920s and later professor of law at Mercer University. He came to Tulane in 1932 and became assistant dean in 1935 and dean in 1937. He was an Army veteran of World War I and during World War II was chief of the Military Justice Division, Office of the Air Judge Advocate of the Air Force Headquarters.

Academic offices
Preceded by
Rufus Carrollton Harris
Tulane University Law School Dean
1937 – 1951
Succeeded by
William Ray Forrester
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